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A fugitive drill rapper who went on the run twice and fled to France ahead of his deportation flight has been jailed - while police admit they still don't know how he escaped Britain.

Daniel Boakye, 21, fled from prison guards taking him to West Middlesex University Hospital by slipping out of handcuffs while using the toilet.

Boakye - who performs under the name Dsavv - was found the following day in Thamesmead; however, managed to escape a second time just days later while being pushed around Lewisham Hospital in a wheelchair with no handcuffs on.

He was eventually arrested 16 days later in La Bouëxière, a commune in Brittany, France, 60 miles north of the western city of Nantes.

While on the run, Boakye taunted authorities in a rap video which included the lyrics 'I just broke out of jail like Modie' - referring to a character from the TV series Top Boy, and bragged about being 'fresh home', champagne and cannabis.

On Thursday, he was handed a 10-month prison sentence at Wooldwich Crown Court, where it was revealed police do not know how he escaped Britain, nor how he entered France.

It was initially reported Boakye was smuggled out of the country in the back of a lorry, motivated to escape after being given a deportation order sending him to Ghana.

He had been serving a six-year prison term at HMP Feltham after he was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery in 2023.

Daniel Boakye has been jailed after evading lawful custody by fleeing to France while awaiting deportation to Ghana

While on the run, Boakye taunted authorities in a rap video which included the lyrics 'I just broke out of jail like Modie' - referring to a character from the TV series Top Boy

Between June 2021 and January 2022, he and three other teenagers participated in a spree of robberies and attempted robberies across London.

They carried out knifepoint robberies, forcing victims to hand over mobile phones and passcodes which they used to steal more than £115,000 of cryptocurrency.

Boakye had been only days away from a parole hearing on February 9 this year, however, was due to be deported to Ghana where he has no family.

The court heard he tried to appeal against the deportation order but was left 'at a loss and desperate' after being unable to secure legal representation.

Shortly before 11pm, Boakye was taken to West Middlesex University Hospital after an alarm was sounded in his cell.

It is believed he ingested pills, prosecutor Eric Jeffrey said.

At around 3am, Boakye requested to use the toilet at the hospital.

To give him 'dignity and privacy', his standard handcuffs were replaced with escort handcuffs, which have a longer chain and were attached to both Boakye and a guard's wrists.

Boakye was seen boarding a bus in London sometime after his second escape attempt

However, Boakye managed to slip out of the handcuffs, covering his wrist with a blanket as he left the toilet before making a run for it.

Mr Jeffrey said: 'Two guards chased him into the hospital car park and down the road but lost sight. Police were called but couldn't find him.'

He was tracked down to a home in Thamesmead at around midday on February 11, after officers forced entry to the property and caught him as he tried to jump a garden fence.

Four other males were arrested at the address, but no further action was taken against them.

Boakye was then taken to Lewisham Police Station, where, during a search he was seen to swallow something that had been in his pocket. As officers tried to get him to cough it up, they could see blue paper in his throat.

'Concerned that he had swallowed Class A drugs, he was taken to Lewisham Hospital at 3.15pm on February 11,' Mr Jeffrey said.

Boakye's room was kept under guard, but on February 15 he told officers he could see 'three versions of them' as he had swallowed three wraps of drugs.

For his own safety, it was judged Boakye should be escorted to have an X-ray in a wheelchair with no handcuffs on.

'Following the X-ray,' Mr Jeffrey said, 'as he was being taken back to bed by officers, he bolted from the chair, ran downstairs and escaped into the car park.'

Police were unable to locate the defendant, despite conducting extensive CCTV enquiries and going door-to-door locally.

On March 3, an Interpol Red Notice was issued, and Boakye was arrested more than two weeks after absconding in La Bouëxière, northwestern France.

Mr Jeffrey said: 'Police have very limited information on how he came to be arrested in France.

'There's no record of how he left the country or how he came to be in France.'

Boakye pleaded guilty to two offences of escaping lawful custody.

The court heard Boakye had lived in Britain since the age of six, but was in the car system from a young age.

Judge Charlotte Welsh said: 'Sadly, the ever-present gangs took their opportunity to recruit you given your circumstances.'

Boakye already has convictions for 19 offences, including knife carrying and numerous robberies.

Paula Bignall, defending, said: 'It was very unfortunate that he decided to mount his first escape attempt days away from when he had a parole hearing and he was doing quite well in prison.'

In a letter to the court, Boakye explained he was worried about being sent to Ghana where he doesn't have any family.

He said he chose France as he does have family there.

Ms Bignall said: 'The defendant is remorseful and deeply regrets his actions, not only because of the consequences for himself but because he realises how futile his actions were.'

Judge Welsh said she could understand the 'enormous amount of pressure' Boakye was under, facing deportation from a country he had lived in from the age of eight.

But she added Boakye's escapes posed a risk to the public, as he was known to commit violent offences.

His new sentence will be served consecutively to his 2023 robbery sentence.

The court heard that Boakye is still the subject of a deportation order when he completes his sentence.